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Serious B197 crash in North Hertfordshire on 2 December 1992 at 08:25 involving a Bedford

A Bedford and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire at 08:25 on Wednesday 2 December 1992. The 38-year-old male driver of the Bedford was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male driver of the Citroen BX was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Dec 1992
Wednesday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Bedford and Citroen BX
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93978, longitude -0.2108, in the SG4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19924100E2353
Council area
North Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
197
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 19924100E2353 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1992.